Dr Sabrina Thornton

Biography

Position

Qualifications

BA, MSc, MRes, FHEA, PhD

Dr. Sabrina Thornton is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Huddersfield Business School. Prior to joining Huddersfield, she studied for her PhD at Manchester Business School under the ESRC 1+3 scholarship scheme (UK Research Council). She completed her Master’s degree in Research (MRes), specialising in Marketing in 2010. She then went on to complete her PhD study in 2014, entitled “Organisational Networking in Business-to-Business Markets: Construct Conceptualization, Operationalization and Application”, which resulted in three publications in Industrial Marketing Management (Thornton et al., 2013; 2014; 2015).

During the course of her PhD study, Dr. Thornton has taught various modules at Manchester Business School, including Marketing Management, Strategic Marketing Management, Marketing Foundations & Applications, and Case Studies in Management at MBS. She also taught Demand Chain Management at Manchester Metropolitan Business School.

Dr. Thornton also holds a BA degree in Marketing and Distribution Management and a MSc degree in Fashion Marketing, which she completed in her native country of Taiwan. She worked for a global leading marketing and consulting company, Nielsen, for one year in Taiwan before relocating to England for her subsequent studies.

Qualifications

PhD in Business and Management, Manchester Business School (funded by ESRC)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

MRes in Management and Business Research, Manchester Business School (funded by ESRC)

Research and Scholarship

Dr. Thornton’s research interests lie in the areas of inter-organisational relationships and business networks,. She has conducted and published both qualitative and quantitative research. In particular, she has a strong interest in quantitative research methods and advanced statistical modelling. She is currently working on various research projects with both external and internal academics. Some current research projects focus on the following areas:

Organisational networking behaviours

Strategic network management

Innovation in a business network context

Relationship portfolio management

Use of fsQCA and complementary analytical techniques in management research

Use of social network analysis in individual and organisation learning

Esteem

Editorial board membership – Industrial Marketing Management

Research Degree Supervision

Dr. Thornton welcomes PhD applications from potential candidates, who wish to undertake their doctorate research in the following areas. For an informal discussion, please send a research proposal and a CV to S.Thornton@hud.ac.uk.